Category: Product Recall

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don’t make it economically worthwhile– waste plastics get “down-cycled” into lower grade, less useful material.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The “googly” plastic eyes on the toy can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Name of Product: Lithium-ion batteries for HP notebook computers and mobile workstations

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The fire extinguishers can become clogged or require excessive force to discharge and can fail to activate during a fire emergency. In addition, the nozzle can detach with enough force to pose an impact hazard.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The electric ranges can become energized, posing electric shock and electrocution hazards to a consumer who touches the range.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: A child seated in the carrier can slip through the leg openings, posing a fall hazard to children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The right side panel heat shield can melt, posing burn and fire hazards to riders.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The plastic fan inside the blower can break causing the fan blades to be discharged from either end of the blower tube, posing a laceration hazard.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 — https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Little-Tikes-Recalls-Swings-Due-to-Fall-Hazard

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When the button batteries are removed from the toy frogs, the battery’s cap can become a projectile and the battery’s chemicals can leak, posing chemical and injury hazards.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A damaged receiver mount on the stroller can cause the car seat to disengage and fall unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard to infants in the car seat.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The glass tumblers can crack or break, posing laceration and burn hazards.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The food processor’s riveted blade can crack over time and small, metal pieces of the blade can break off into the processed food.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The recalled chests and dressers are unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or injuries to children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke and catch fire, posing serious fire and burn hazards.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: Internal arcing during use can ignite an internal plastic component, posing a fire hazard. Consumer Contact:

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The video monitor’s batteries can overheat, swell and expand and cause the battery cover to open or come off. This can expose hot batteries, posing a burn hazard to consumers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every two weeks a child in the U.S. is killed in a tip-over related incident involving furniture or TVs.  Think about that.  Every two weeks.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The water heaters have a space between the burner flange and the combustion chamber that allows flammable liquids or gases to contact burning flammable vapors inside the combustion chamber, posing a risk of fire or explosion.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hazard: The meters can fail to give an accurate voltage reading, resulting in the operator falsely believing the electrical power is off, posing shock, electrocution and burn hazards.